Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

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Ying Zheng eagerly stepped forward and grabbed Yan Dan's arm: "Dan!"

The young monarch's eyes met those of his old friend, and after a moment of silence, the joy that had dissipated in Yandan's astonishment returned to his eyes again.

He also raised his hand and held Ying Zheng's hand: "Ah Zheng, you—"

Yan Dan looked Ying Zheng up and down for a long time.

When they were in Handan, the two were still young.Yan Dan was already two years older than Ying Zheng, so he was always taller and stronger than Ying Zheng.Now it is different, the thin but stubborn friend in Yan Dan's memory is now far bigger than himself.

Although Ying Zheng is still thin, he is dressed in dark black clothes. His deep tone and sharp eyebrows still show the majesty and awe that a king of a country should have.

"you……"

Yandan called "you" for a long time, but in the end he just sighed: "Azheng, you have changed so much. If I walked on the street, I wouldn't recognize you."

Ying Zheng was startled, then laughed.

Zhao Weizhen on the side unconsciously curled his fingers under the long sleeves.

She knew why Yingzheng was in a daze - Qin Wangzheng would not wander the streets for no reason like when he was a child in Handan.

"Your Majesty, Prince Dan." Zhao Weizhen pursed his lips and said with a gentle smile, "Let's sit down and talk first."

"Come!"

Ying Zheng was also not polite, and simply raised his hand neatly: "Dan, sit down."

The two sat down one behind the other, with expressions of eagerness on their faces.

It's just that I haven't seen you for many years, but I have enthusiasm, but I don't know how to speak.Ying Zheng also looked at Yan Dan for a long time, and then sighed: "Dan has not changed at all for so many years."

Yan Dan just laughed.

"How is life in Handan?" Ying Zheng asked, "Is Handan today the same as in the past?"

"I entered Handan for the second time as a hostage, and I don't think there has been any change." Yandan responded seriously: "It is far less lively than Xianyang, and it has been the same for more than ten years."

Ying Zheng thought for a while: "Is the Lu's restaurant still open?"

Zhao Weizhen nodded: "It is open, but the people have changed."

"After the shopkeeper Zhu Ping left, the food in the restaurant is not as good as before," Yan Dan couldn't help laughing, "Fortunately, the wine is still good. I still go there often to sit and sit."

"Where are the vendors near the wine shop?" Ying Zheng asked again.

"It's all there, all there."

Yan Dan said enthusiastically: "Don't say it's a street vendor, does Ah Zheng still remember the big yellow dog in front of the dyeing workshop?"

"Remember!"

Yingzheng's phoenix eyes lit up, and he was also in high spirits: "I remember that yellow dog, it was huge."

"Later, I went back and looked again, but it wasn't that big." Yan Dan smiled, and stretched out her hands to compare: "It's just as high as your knees. It's just that you and I were young at that time, and we were already small. The yellow dog is also huge. It was only one year old at the time, but now it is a ten-year-old dog."

"I still remember that Dan was very afraid of that dog." Ying Zheng said, with a slight smile on his face, "Every time you and I go to the wine shop through the dyeing workshop, the yellow dog will always bark at you and me."

"It was Azheng who told me that the yellow dog was just bullying others. It only barked when the owner of the dyeing workshop was around, and it would clamp its tail tightly when the owner of the dyeing workshop was not around. Later, in order to prove this point, you forced me to leave when the owner of the dyeing workshop was here. I went to see it from time to time, and it really is." Yan Dan fell into memories, talking non-stop.

But Qin Wangzheng, cold and indifferent in the court, seemed like a cold machine in the eyes of the envoys of other countries, but when thinking about the past with his friends in private, it was as vivid as a different person.

"Later, Mrs. Weizhen gave you and me some slops, saying that you can feed the dogs." Ying Zheng added: "Within three days, the yellow dog will see you and I will fawn on you."

The words fell to the ground, and the two laughed at the same time.

After laughing, Ying Zheng couldn't help but moved: "Time flies so fast."

"Yes."

Yan Dan echoed: "I haven't congratulated Ah Zheng yet, not only has he married a wife, but also just had a son. Now he is a father."

Ying Zheng asked curiously, "What about you, Dan?"

"I have a marriage contract, but I'm not married yet." Yan Dan replied.

"Why not?"

"After my mother ordered the Zhou royal family for me," Yan Dan said helplessly, "Although the Zhou royal family survived in name only, she is still a princess surnamed Ji. It is too hard to let such a noble woman live a life of proton with me."

In name, it is not to make the woman suffer, but in fact, it also has the meaning of expressing depression when one's own fate is not going well.

Others couldn't hear it, but Ying Zheng could sense it.

"When a man makes great achievements, he doesn't care about the environment." Ying Zheng said solemnly: "When I was in Handan in the past, my father and king were ignored and looked down upon by others, but we still love the mother and queen as before. Emotional."

Yan Dan was silent for a moment.

His kind smile was slightly restrained, and he said bitterly: "King Zhuangxiang of Qin has Mr. Lu Buwei's protection and support."

Ying Zheng tilted his head: "I'll protect you."

Yan Dan's whole body was shocked.

A word that couldn't be more calm and casual, but suddenly changed the relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the room.

Yan Dan, who was sitting face to face, suddenly looked up, and the enthusiasm and nostalgia just now were swept away.He widened his eyes and said in a daze: "King Qin...King Qin wants me to be a hostage in Xianyang?"

An eerie silence spread.

The words "Qin Wang" made the temperature in Ying Zheng's eyes fade away quickly.

He squinted his eyes, but just between smiling and closing, the cheerful and reckless young man disappeared like a complete illusion.Ying Zheng frowned slightly: "I don't need you as a hostage."

Yan Dan trembled because of that "widow".

"Then... what do you want me to do?"

"Come and help me, won't you?" Ying Zheng asked back.

"I'll help you?"

Yan Dan almost felt the absurdity, he laughed dryly: "Does King Qin want me to be King Qin's lackey?"

Deathly silence answered him.

After a long time, Ying Zheng said slowly: "But you have no feelings for Yan, and you are like a stranger to Yan Wangxi. Prince Dan, you have entered Handan for the second time, and you will never meet you for the rest of your life. If the country does not give you something, the widow will give it to you, and the widow will provide you with opportunities to display your ambitions, isn't it good?"

"not good!"

Yan Dan straightened her spine suddenly.

When he looked at Ying Zheng again, it was as if he was staring at a stranger.

"I am the prince of Yan, I am the prince! You, you want me to be your subject? King Qin, you have changed after all, I... I hoped that you would let me go back to Yan!"

Zhao Weizhen closed his eyes.

She sat beside Ying Zheng and remained silent.

Such a scene did not surprise Zhao Weizhen at all.She could stop it, but she didn't think it was necessary.

Yan Dan is smart, but also confused.He is smart because more than ten years ago, when he was in Handan, Yandan realized that Zhao Weizhen chose Yingzheng instead of himself.

Ying Zheng also knew, he even knew that Zhao Weizhen chose him, not Ying Zichu, or even Qin.

Therefore, Zhao Weizhen has no right to really intervene in today's dialogue.

This is a confrontation between old friends and friends.

After the terrifying silence, Ying Zheng let out a breath of foul air slowly.

"What if you go back to the country of Yan?" Ying Zheng asked coldly, "Wang Xi of Yan is in very good health."

Upon hearing this, Yan Dan's eyes lit up with hope again.

Like a mole poking out of its nest, he carefully looked at Yingzheng for a moment, and then responded: "Thank you, King Qin, for your concern. King Yan is in good health, and the country of Yan is naturally stable, not to mention..."

"What's more?"

"If the King of Qin has a large number of people, thinking about the friendship in the past," Yan Dan finally got the opportunity, throwing out the draft prepared earlier in the morning, "If you don't detain the hostages of the State of Yan, the State of Yan will feel that the State of Qin is magnanimous, and be grateful to the King of Qin. That's it. , Between Qin and Yan, if there is no conflict between the two countries, wouldn't it be better to live in peace for a long time?"

"Long-term peace." Qin Wangzheng sneered, and repeated Yan Dan's words almost amusedly.

The young monarch turned his head sideways, and a pair of phoenix eyes glanced at Zhao Weizhen.

Coincidentally, Zhao Weizhen was also looking at him.

Looking at each other, Ying Zheng understood what Zhao Weizhen meant in an instant.

As in the past, Mrs. Weizhen will always see so clearly - she has already reminded him.

This is Yingzheng's first time, I hope Mrs. Weizhen is not right, and I hope she can be wrong one day.

Yan Dan only worried about his current situation, he never thought about what happened behind him.

Ying Zheng said that he hoped that Yan Dan could help him, but Yan Dan simply understood that he wanted to detain Yan Dan in Xianyang as a hostage.

That being the case, Ying Zheng was a little thankful that Yan Dan didn't understand what he really meant.

——He wants Yan Dan to stay in Xianyang and be his minister!

He thought Yan Dan would understand.

Understand his ambition, understand his grand plan, and understand the purpose of his expedition.Even if Yan Dan disagrees, Ying Zheng will not be sad if he decides to be an enemy of Qin like Gongzi Fei and Li Mu - he will not regret the confrontation with his friends until the end, at least Dan can understand him.

But Yan Dan didn't understand.

How can you not understand?They are friends.

Yan Dan can't even think of the not-too-distant future: Zhao State has been destroyed, Qin and Yan are bordering each other, how long will Yan State last?

Did he think Ying Zheng's conquest ended here?

He never thought about it!

Ying Zheng opened his mouth, but made no sound.

It is hard to say whether it is more bitterness or more disappointment that is brewing in his chest at this time.Those phoenix eyes stared deeply at Yan Dan for a long time.

"it is good."

In the end, Qin Wangzheng's voice returned to be as cold and ruthless as a court.

"The widow promises you." He promised: "Since you don't want to stay in Xianyang, Qin will not force you. Since Prince Dan wants to go home and reunite with the princes, then go back. The widow will send soldiers, chariots and horses to send the prince to safety. Go home."

"really?"

Prince Dan was stunned for a moment, and then his round face glowed with energy.

He seemed to be at a loss, not understanding why King Qin changed his mind, but more surprises covered up his confusion.Yan Dan got up quickly, crossed his hands towards Ying Zheng, and saluted respectfully.

"Dan replaces Yan, thank King Qin!" he said.

"Exemption."

Qin Wangzheng nodded: "If there is nothing wrong, please go back to the post house to rest, the widow and Lord Xia Yang have something to say."

Zhao Weizhen raised his arms and waved his hands. Wei Xing, who was waiting outside the door, immediately entered the door and politely asked Prince Dan to leave.

When she left, Yan Dan still had a smile on her face.

His back disappeared into the restaurant, leaving only Zhao Weizhen and Ying Zheng in the luxuriously decorated room.

Ying Zheng got up after him, and he walked down the front of the long table.

"Kings."

Zhao Weizhen still sat on the spot, speaking softly.

Her words nailed Ying Zheng in place like nails.

"Prince Dan must not stay." Zhao Weizhen's calm words were more terrifying than any threats and harsh words: "He will not be willing to be the second son Fei or Chunpinghou."

Ying Zheng turned around abruptly.

His black and white eyes shot over, and his straightforward eyes were as sharp as the tip of a knife.But Zhao Weizhen didn't flinch, she just met King Qin's gaze calmly, waiting for the other party's response.

It's been like this ever since they met.

After a while, Ying Zheng closed his eyes.

His unconsciously tensed body slowly relaxed, and his shoulders and back were relaxed as usual.

"Lu Buwei still knows not to make madam embarrass the old man's affairs," Ying Zheng said, "This time I'm acting out of my will."

"Human nature."

Zhao Weizhen said softly: "I made the choice earlier than the king. This time, let me recite the emotional self-blame."

"Need not."

Ying Zheng shook his head: "There won't be a next time, I will carry it myself."